West Hackberry Strategic Petroleum Reserve site brine-disposal monitoring, Year I report. Volume II. Physical and chemical oceanography. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5964356· OSTI ID:5964356

DeRouen, L. R.; Hann, R. W.; Casserly, D. M.; Giammona, C.; Lascara, V. J. ^[1]

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This project centers around the Strategic Petroleum Site (SPR) known as the West Hackberry salt dome which is located in southwestern Louisiana, and which is designed to store 241 million barrels of crude oil. Oil storage caverns are formed by injecting water into salt deposits, and pumping out the resulting brine. Studies described in this report were designed as follow-on studies to three months of pre-discharge characterization work, and include data collected during the first year of brine leaching operations. The objectives were to: (1) characterize the environment in terms of physical, chemical and biological attributes; (2) determine if significant adverse changes in ecosystem productivity and stability of the biological community are occurring as a result of brine discharge; and (3) determine the magnitude of any change observed. Contents of Volume II include: introduction; physical oceanography; estuarine hydrology and hydrography; analysis of discharge plume; and water and sediment quality.

• Research Organization: McNeese State Univ., Lake Charles, LA (USA); Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC96-80PO10288
• OSTI ID: 5964356
• Report Number(s): DOE/PO/10288-2-Vol.2; ON: DE83016196
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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LOUISIANA
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
DATA ACQUISITION
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